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Should the Yukon River be considered a 'person' with rights? Some say it's an idea whose time has come
It's an idea that already has the support of the Council of Yukon First Nations and Alaska Native people, whose cultures are ...
Should the Yukon River be considered a 'person' with rights?
The idea of granting the Yukon River the same rights as a person appears to be growing on both sides of the border. Yukon ...
Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai stepping down, won't run in next election
Before he decided to run in the 2022 leadership campaign to become premier of the Yukon, Ranj Pillai says he had a ...
Poll workers crossed Yukon River by helicopter to ensure West Dawson residents could vote
Poll workers in Dawson City, Yukon had to get creative to ensure all residents had the opportunity to vote after the ice ...
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A diesel spill along the Yukon raises fears about Hilcorp’s drilling program
A video of the site obtained by Northern Journal showed workers walking through an ankle-deep pool that one of them described ...
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An early ascent of the Yukon River, by steamboat
An 1825 treaty between Russia and Great Britain — then the controlling power of Canada — described Interior ... that they asked him to ascend the Yukon River from its mouth at the Bering ...
Lower Yukon River under ice advisory
The Lower Yukon River in the Dawson region has been put under ice advisory, as of April 25.  According to the Yukon government floods webpage, water levels are slowly increasing in the area as the ice ...
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The World’s Most Grueling Race Journeys 1,000 Miles Down the Yukon
Rafal Gerszak Racers face a grueling 1,000-mile route along the Yukon, Canada’s second-longest river, surpassed only by the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories. Guilbert Gates A racer ...